RBA * New York * Syracuse * May 5, 2014 * NYSY 05. 05. 14 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):
April 28, 2013 - May 05, 2014 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: May 05 AT 5:30 a.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #391 Monday May 05, 2014 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of April 28, 2014 Highlights: ----------- GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GLOSSY IBIS EURASIAN WIGEON BLACK VULTURE AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER UPLAND SANDPIPER BLACK TERN SNOWY OWL SHORT-EARED OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER LAPLAND LONGSPUR Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) ------------ 5/2: An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was found at the mucklands along Rt.31. An EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted in a new area near Morgan Road called the Deep Muck and Mitigation Marsh. 5/3: A GLOSSY IBIS was seen on Carncross Road near the bridge. A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was found on Carncross also. A BLACK TERN was seenat Tschache Pool. 5/4: 2 GLOSSY IBISES were seen at the visitors center. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen along the Wildlife Trail. Derby Hill ------------ It was hit or miss at Derby this week. Except for 5/1 with 4,051 hawks and 5/2 with just over a thousand the numbers were in the low hundreds. There still should be some good BROAD-WING days before the season is over. Oswego County ------------ Phillips Point lake watch on Oneida Lake was better this week with good numbers of COMMON LIINS, RED-NECKED GREBES and BONAPARTE’S GULLS. WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and a BLACK TERN were also seen. 5/2: A GREAT EGRET was seen at Sunset Bay Park. 5/3: A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Sunset Bay Park. 5/4: An EURASIAN WIGEON continues at the Rt. 6 wetlands in Volnay. Onondaga County ------------- 4/29: A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the end of the Creekwalk near Carousel Center. Jefferson County ------------ 5/2: 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were found at Fort Drum. Madison County ------------ 4/30: A SNOWY OWL was seen at the Sky High Sod Farm north of Chittenango. It was seen also on 5/1. 5/4: 2 FOS RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS were at a feeder on Carpenter Road near Sheds. New Arrivals ------------ BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER BLACK TERN YELLOW-THROATED VIREP BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER LEAST SANDPIPER BANK SWALLOW GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER BALTIMORE ORIOLE BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER NASHVILLE WARBLER NORTHERN PARULA YELLOW WARBLER BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER OVENBIRD WOOD THRUSH ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK BOBOLINK VEERY RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD WARBLING VIREO BLU-HEADED VIREO Compilers Note ------------ Migration is starting to get into full swing. I can’t report every new bird and location since they are in all areas. I suggest getting out and finding them for yourself. The next two weeks will be the best birding of the year. -- end report Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
